This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the figure of speech in which non-human or non-living things are spoken about as if they are human? (REM) A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. The deafening silence drove the man crazy.This is an example of which literary device A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 3. She's as skinny as a toothpick. Which is the figure of speech here? A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Onomatopeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 4. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:My father was the sun and the moon to me. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Apostrophe. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. ..... ! I heard my sister crying after the sad movie. A) Crunch. B) Oink. C) Sniff. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sniff. 6. He received a mortal wound. A) Metaphor. B) Transferred Epithet. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transferred Epithet. 7. Which figure of speech is the author using?"The moon was playing hide and seek with the clouds" A) Rhetorical question. B) Personification. C) Antithesis. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. Which figure of speech gives of human qualities to non-human things. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. The brown grass was begging for water. A) HYPERBOLE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) SIMILE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 10. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."I'd move mountains for her." A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. The rain gently kissed my cheeks.What does the personification mean in this sentence? A) It was raining very hard. B) The rain finally stopped. C) It was raining very lightly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was raining very lightly. 12. She is as lovely as an angel. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Choose the definition of:Metaphor A) Language that uses words and details that appeal to a readers senses, such as sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell and emotions. B) Type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things by using the words like or as. C) Comparison using extreme exaggeration. D) Type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things which does not use the words like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things which does not use the words like or as. 14. Life is a bowl of cherries A) Cliche. B) Metaphor. C) Conceit. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 15. "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain."The above example reveals which figure of speech? A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. The teacher told us the test would be a piece of cake, but I disagree.What does the idiom "a piece of cake" mean? A) A small slice of cake. B) Easy. C) Difficult. D) Perplexing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Easy. 17. The loud sound created an earthquake inside the room. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. But when the trees bow down their heads A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. I am dying because of boredom is an example of: A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 21. Which quality is given to an inanimate object, through the use of personification? A) Sound quality. B) Colour quality. C) Human quality. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human quality. 22. What does the quote below mean?"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." A) It is important to strive for success. B) To be successful, you must first work hard. C) You should plant crops where you plan to harvest them. D) It is wrong to work hard for success. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be successful, you must first work hard. 23. Which figure of speech exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis? A) Metaphor. B) Understatement. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 24. The world does not care to hear your sad stories. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 25. Allow me, It's easy as ABCD A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 26. I hear you, words, loud as searoar's A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 27. There is no "Open Sesame" to the treasure of knowledge. A) SYNECHDOCHE. B) ALLUSION. C) METAPHOR. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLUSION. 28. It is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated objects or ideas without the use of as or like. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 29. Let's just say that Bozo the Clown is not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. A) Metonymy. B) Hyperbole. C) Litotes. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 30. She forgot her homework four days in a row and felt as flaky as a snowstorm. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 31. How is a metaphor different than a simile? A) A metaphor is the same as a simile. B) A metaphor does not use like or as in the comparison of two unlike things. C) A metaphor is not at all similar to a simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor does not use like or as in the comparison of two unlike things. 32. Jenny and Tom are cats and dogs whenever they fight. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 33. Her happiness overweighed her heavy heart. What figure of speech was used here? A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Apostrophe. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 34. Life is a beach! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 35. Which figure of speech is used when a speaker say something which the intended meaning is the opposite? A) Irony. B) Metonymy. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 36. She ran like a horse is an example of which figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Non fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 37. Which of the following statement is a personification? A) The leaves whisper their secrets to one another. B) The sun is a ball of fire. C) His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom's favorite vase. D) The baby is as meek as a lamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The leaves whisper their secrets to one another. 38. The world is a stage. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 39. Which of these creates a stronger comparison? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 40. Metaphor is when you compare two things using like or as. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Here are the rules:Ignore all rules. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 42. In a TV show I saw a flying carpet.(Mark the figure of speech) A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 43. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 44. Your explanation is as clear as mud. Which is the Figure of Speech used here? A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 45. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."My dog is telling me to start dinner." A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 46. Does your mother cook the fried rice? It looks delicious. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 47. "Filipinos are like the stars. They still find ways to shine even in their dark moments." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 48. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."Joey's car swerved off the freeway with a screech." A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 49. Which among the following pair of ideas that do not match? A) Alliteration-repetition of consonant sound. B) Apostrophe-using kind words. C) Synecdoche-part represents the whole, vice versa. D) Personification-giving human qualities to non-human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe-using kind words. 50. I've heard that joke a billion times, but it still cracks me up! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 51. "The pink hair kills the demons" A) Metonymy. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 52. What figure of speech is used in the sentence below:Last night's dinner was so good, and I ate like a pig! A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 53. The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet at the blasphemy in old jangly walk. A) Anaphora. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 54. Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important than understanding the meaning of the figure of speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. 'Economical with the truth' instead of 'liar. A) Anaphora. B) Euphemism. C) Conceit. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 56. Writers often use this figure of speech for emphasis or to be funny. A) ONOMATOPOEIA. B) SIMILE. C) HYPERBOLE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HYPERBOLE. 57. "Ribbit!" the frog said to the snake. "You must let me pass!" is an example of what two types of figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia-Personification. B) Simile-Personification. C) Onomatopoeia-Metaphor. D) Hyperbole-Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia-Personification. 58. 'Letting you go' instead of 'firing you.' A) Conceit. B) Cliche. C) Euphemism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 59. Choose the correct option- "I love getting into bed, I feel as snug as a bug in a rug" A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Repetation. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 60. A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said "Wonderful weather we're having!" A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFigures Of Speech Quiz 1Figures Of Speech Quiz 2Figures Of Speech Quiz 3Figures Of Speech Quiz 4Figures Of Speech Quiz 5Figures Of Speech Quiz 6Figures Of Speech Quiz 7Figures Of Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books